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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-04
statistics OF Trade and Commerce.

At a meeting Of the joint committee
Of the Cotton aud Merchants Elk.
changes, appointed for the purpose CT
prese nting the views OF the business
men OF the city eSsrding the probable
eaecs oil the Interstate commerce law
Wichita eagle., 1887-08-30
PHYSICAL Training of Girls.

It is not uncommon for members Of the
medical profession to inveigh against the
almost world wide neglect of the important
elements of amusement and physical training
in girls schools That so little has been ac-
complished in the direction OF correcting the
evil is probably to be attributed TO the fact
that those who have treated of the subject
publicly have for the most part contented
themselves with portraying and condemning
the existing state of things, and have made
no very definite or practicable proposals for
remedying it. A striking exception is to be
found in an address lately read before the
Worcestershire branch of the British Medical
association by DR. Raynor ". Batten, senior
physician TO the Gloucester infirmary, as We
find it published in The British Medical
Journal
The speaker did not restrict himself to
tracing the increased prevalence Of anania
and the like largely to the neglect Of girls
physical education, but outlined what seems
to be a very practicable and attractive
scheme for providing school girls with due
amount of open air exercise having the char
acter not of a perfunctory routine, but Of
wholesome and invigorating sport. He
would have at least two half holidays week
devoted TO games played in large open
space, and in the absence Of special reasons TO
the contrary, every girl required TO take part
and to wear q suitable costume. He properly
laws stress On the need Of varying the games,
aud iustifes the requirement by calling
attention to the lack Of symmetrical develop
ment in the devotess Of any one form Of
exercise, specifying the contracted chest and
the stoop Of q mere cyclist7 Among the
exercises that hs would have practiced are
swimming, fencing, cricket, football, fves
and tennis, and such games of speed and
endurance as prisoners base, cross touch,
etc. DR.. Batten thinks that the governing
bodies Of the higher schools should first be
led 70 move in the matter, and be urges that
It Is the duty Of medical men to seek BY Ill
means to influence them to do 80.
Wichita eagle., 1887-08-30
Women in Business.

Scarcely any one has had more practical
experience with the new order of women than
Mrs Mary f. Seymour, the head of the
Union Stenographic and Typewriting asso-
citation of New York. She says that when
she began work women were SO few in her
business that she was obliged to employ men
to assist her As this was not in accord with
her idea that women should help each other
and could be fitted for the work she was do
ing she commenced to teach young ladies to
become her assistants, and this started the
now well known school Of which she is the
head.
She found that parents were timid at first
about allowing their daughters to associate in
business with men. 1t was impossible to
argue upon her deep rooted position that the
most danger to girl is in herself, and that
those who are honest and dignified and pure
will not be harmed by contact with the
world if reasonable discretion in the choice Of
work and positions is shown. Miss Seymour
thinks that manhood is improved and polished
and made gentle where the daily business life
Is spent in the presence of one or more mod
est young women, and she makes the very
strong point that the present feminine helpers
of men in business are apt to be superior
CldSS VI ~ 10.
AS to the effect Of the new life upon the
girls themselves, she has made some very in
teresting observations. She says that the
girls who are earning their own living are
the most interesting women she knows, the
most sensible and elevated in their speech, the
least frivolous and empty headed, the best
informed and the most practical women Of
the time By living and working with men
young women grow accustomed to them, lose
their sentimental and romantic notions Of the
other sex, and gradually begin to judge men
on their merits, apart from one another.
The girl of the old regime saw only men with
parlor manners, and every one knows that
silly and weak fellows often outshine good
and shrewd ones in society. But in business
these women see men as they are, in their
natural, every day aspects. and they rate
them according to the best Of their power to
Judge character 1t is Miss Seymour's ex-
perience that the young ladies in business
marry in the same proportion as girls in the
homes of the city, and she thinks they are
apt to marry better.-Julian Ralph's Letter.
Wichita eagle., 1887-08-30
WILLIAM KIP,
CIVIL ENGINEER,

Room Nc. 3. lS7 n. Main st.
Wichita, Kansas.
Plating. eubdiv iding and Mapping done In any
locality short notice Pans and estimates for r.
X. lines, water works and sewerage. Preliminary
surveys and location made. All correspondence
promptly answered. 62n
Wichita eagle., 1887-08-30

The Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway
(St. Joseph & Iowa Railroad Co., Lessee, Is
the best equipped line west Of the Missouri
river. Our equipment was built expressly
for this line by the Pullman Palace Car Com
pany, which is guarantee to the travelling
public that it is strictly first-class. You will
find all of our coaches elegantly upholstered
and very comfortable in every particular.
II you are going to any part Of Kansas or
Nebraska, or to any point east, remember
you will never regret having started right,
by taking the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska
Brock Island Route. For fur
ther particulars, address Jno. Sebastian, G..
T. & P. A, Topeka, Kan. 6O-tf.
Wichita eagle., 1887-08-30
THE MINNESOTA ROUTE

The Wichita and western and
Kingman, Pratt and Western
Railroads traverse the finest
farming and grazing country in
Kansas. See that your tickets
read via. this route.
TIME TABLE.
Wichita eagle., 1887-08-30
Oklahoma.

A complete History and Guide of Oklaho-
ma illustrated with sectional map of the In
dian Territory, by Col. e. c. Cole. Every
body cotemplating going to that country
should have one. It is the only history ever
written Of that wonderful country. Price
Coo and $L00, by mail. Oklahoma Publish
ing Co., Wichita, Kas., and news dealers
generally. 12tf
Wichita eagle., 1887-08-30

Loan Register.
PHILADELPHIA, July IS, 1854
Wichita EAGLE, Wichita, Kansas
Gentlemen:-We have seen one OF your
Mortgage Loon Registers at the office OF the
Philadelphia Mortgage and Trust Co., this
city, and shall be obliged if you viii send this
company one similar in all respects at your
earliest convenience, and remain
Respectfully yours,
THEODORE FRoTHIN6HAM,
d65-tts Secretary.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15
Perfectly Lovely

Under the above heading you
will find my advertisement in an
other place in this paper, which l
hope will attract the attention OF
all who intend to make any kind OF
a present for the holidays. | have
presents that are useful and orna-
mental that decorate your houses,
make your wives, lovers and sweet
hearts happy, and your mothers
and fathers glad that there is a
time once a year when all are re.
membered. | give the business
my undivided attention and buy
direct from the leading manufac-
turers Of this country, and the most
desirable patterns they make, and
will endeavor in the future as in
the past, to give you as good value
for your money as any house in the
country.
Your obedient servant,
J. M. POLLARD,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15
The Seventh District.

- AAf ~ @Sp sAkh
The friends ofCol. Hutton, Con-
gresham from the It'll district OF
Missouri, state positively that he
will not be a.candidate for re-elec-
ton. The action ofthe Democratic
Congressional convention of 1886
foreshadowed this when the second
successive deadlock in that district
occurred. Audrain, the home OF
Hutton, viii be practically solid
for a Pike county man, with Hut.
ton out of the way. In the last
convention there was a scramble
for the nomination. Nearly every
county had a candidate. The Pike
county delegation (the strongest in
the district) took in the situation,
and when the time came that Pixies
vote would nominate a harmless
and unobjectionable man, they
"went for him thar and them
His name was Hutton and he was
nominated. Without this unex-
pected break on the part of Pike
Hutton would not have received
the nomination. Pike was salts
fed with Audrain's guarantees fol
1888. And now, mark We, the
next member of Congress from the
Seventh Missouri Congressional
district will be Judge Elijah Robin
son. of Pike county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15

THE Jones alley is liable to
cause more trouble in the future
than it has done even in the past.
The City Attorney was ordered
last night to look into the matter
of alleys in that block and see il
the alley running east and west, on
which ]. J. Steele's store-room is
located, does not belongto the city.
Steele says this alley was vacated
in return for which the Lowry
heirs decided the Jones alley run
ming north and south. It viii be
set up in answer to this that ssthe
Lowry heirs could not deed fhe
alley running north and south be
cause It did not belong to them =
When this question will be set.
tied, or what the result will be we
are unable to state, but We are sure
the matter is to be at once sifted to
the bottom and forever settled.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15
Freer Trade Wanted,

It is not Free Trade but q freer
trade that President Cleveland
favors.
He urges that some of the need
less war shackles be removed-and
this not upon any theoretical or
philosophical ground, but as an
incident of stopping the surplus
revenue.
None ofthe fathers of the system
of protection ever deemed or dream
ed that a tariff average of nearly sc
per cent. was essential to the build
lug up of American industries. A
duty OF that amount and
an average of 80 per cent. would
have seemed monstrous to them.
At the outbreak of the war the
average duty was but 1884 pei
cent. In 1868, when we hada mil
lion soldiers in the field and a great
war to sustain, the average duty
was but 32.62 per cent.
And yet now, when our "infant
industries are many Of them more
than half a century old, and the
war has been over fer nearly a
quarter of q century. the average
duty is above 40 per cent, and the
customs collections last year ex-
ceeded those of 1867 by more than
SAC, ooo, 600.
Il is time for lighter taxes and
freer trade.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15
OF TRIAL.

The report of the church trial
will be made tonight. We learn
some of the members want it pub
lished and some do not. The re-
port will appear in the LEDGER
provided the church makes up its
mind to have it published and fur
nishes the copy. Of course the
LEDGER is anxious to give the
news, but at the same time does
not propose to keep this matter
stirred up any more than necessa-
ry. The report will appear in the
LEDGER if the church furnishes a
copy for publication, as was stated
in the opening of the trial.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15
Bargafnsi Barrainslt

Such as never were and perhaps
never will be offered again. We
mean in the cloak department at
Ricketts, & Emmons Dry Goods
Company. Garments worth SIS for
50. so, and SIS cIoaks from SIS to
$3.50 for the next 80 days. We
also offer at the lowest prices all
kinds ofmerchandise found IN our
stock of dry goods, boots, shoes,
notions, etc. We have the incest
line of table linens, towels and
silk handkerehiefs ever offered in
this market and at the lowest price.
We dislike to compare our stock
with those our neighbors, but self
defense eompels us to state the
fact. We have the largest stock in
this market, All we ask is that the
public shall price our goods before
purchasing.
RICKETTS, & EMMoNs
Dry Goods Company.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15
a pasToN ;rry hoe daeided

A BosToN jury has decided that 9
cigar is a drug, and therefore that
an apotheeary can sell one on Sun.
day without violating the law. The
Eerdictis very similar to that once
secured by Tom Marshall in Ken.
lucky, to the effect that "seven
up" is not II game of chance, but q
game of skill. The decision was
arrived at by pitting the unskilled
against the skilled players among
the jury for moneyed stakes. The
defendant, charged with gambling
by means of a game of chance, was
acquitted. Perhaps the jury in
Boston smoked some of the apothe.
cary's cigars.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15

A certain lady suspected that
her husband was in the habit of
kissing the cook-a pretty German
girl, by the by-and resolved to
detect him in the act. After watch
ing four days, she heard him come
in one evening and gently pass
through into the kitchen. Now,
Kate was out that evening and the
kitchen was dark. Burning with
Jealousy, the wife took some
matches in her hand, and, hastily
placing her shawl over her head, as
Kate often did, she entered the
kitchen by the back door, and was
almost Immediately seized and
embraced and kissed in the most
ardent manner. With her hear,
almost bursting with rage and
jealousy the injured wife prepared
to administer a terrible rebuke to
her faithful spouse. Tearing her.
self from his embrace, she struck q
match and stood face to face with
| Katie's beau-one of the factory
boys. Her husband says his wife
has never treated him so we'll since
the first month they we're married
as she has for the past week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15
Wolf Scalp Certificates.

For the benefit of those interest
ed in the determination of wolves,
the LEDGER prints the following
letter from State Auditor Walker
is County Clerk Williams:
To j. Williams, County Clerk. Mexico, Mo.
JEFFERSON CITY, Dec. 10.-Please
find enclosed the wolf scalp certi-
ficate as there is nc appropriation
out of which to pay. The last leg
i~slature made an appropriation Of
$1,000 for the pay of wolf scalps
certificates that were in the hands
of the Collectors prior to March
%, 1887, which was the only APP
preparation made for that purpose.
Yours Truly, JOHN WALKER,
State Auditor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15
Trnsfae,s Sale

WHEREAS, Nancy Green, q wido&
81 years of age, on the 10th day OFF
airy, 1886, made and executed hei
of trust, which is recorded at No.
book it2,n FOR deeds of trust and
cages, in the Recorders Office u
drain County, Mo-, thereby cow
to the undersigned trustee
her interest in and to the follo -
described lands in said county. II
Ths north half of a tract of lsn6
scribed as follows: Begin at the -
east corner of a lot owned by
Wisdom in West Mexico, No.
thence north so yards, thence we1l
yards, thence south so yards, thsS2|
east 44yards to beginning.
Also another tract, described q mi
lows: Begin at the northwest cofrSPS
lot 8. Hughes addition to Mexico.
run thence south 20 feet, Themes
1872 feet, thence north 20 feet, Or
east to place of beginning. Save 4
except those parcels or strips, OF IT,
west side of the above described ss1
estate. conveyed to David w. Csn6.|
bell, by Nancy Green, by two deedGI
first bearing date of March z, 1881
the second bearing date of AprI
1881, and duly recorded In deed
IA, at pages 324 and 4S1 respectlvelv. -
the Recorders office for Audrain c.
ty, Missouri. The real estate En-
conveyed is also known as lot Non
city survey No. As. Said deed Of n
was given TO the undersigned to s1c6<]
the payment Of a note therein
scribed, and whereas, said note n
and unpaid; now at the request of3
legal holder of said note, /, the NM
signed trustee in said deed Of tG
named, will, on
Saturday, January z, 1888,
sell said lands for cash to the hfs
bidder, at the east front doof u
Court House in Mexico, Mo-, To sn
the conditions of said trust, and
IS, ids. H. A. RICKETM
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15
Trnsteess RaiA

Whereas, John Eubanks
Eubanks, his wife, on the M
February, 1879, made and erses.
deed Of trust, which is recorde1
362, book IN" for deeds a. e1
mortgages, in the Reconle.ss
In Audrain county, Mo-, thoreb.
ing to the undersigned trustes ssss5
interest In and to the following ~
lands In said county, to-wit:
Lots number six and seyeu n
In block number twenty-two ~
Ladd's addition to the CITY 81
Mo-, south of the railroad.
Said deed VI trust was given 4 Il
Baker, az trustee, to secure tha r.
Of q note therein described, and.
said note is due and unpaid. ara
as, G. w. Baker has remnvsx
whereas, by the terms OF the deed I
come his successor; now at the
Of the legal holder Of said note i sf2
dersigned trustee In said deed -
named, viii, on
Monday, December I9, l881
sell said lands for cash to the NJ
bidder, between the hours OF . 8. ~
1 p. m. at the east front door Pr
Court House ia Mexico, Mo-. a
the conditions of said trust ana csS;'
59tds j. w. ATcHfsoN.
Sheriff Of Audrain county aud
trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15
THE Republican National Con-

The Republican National Con.
vention is to be held in Chicago on
tee 10Th of Juue. This is well.
Chicago has worked hard and spent
a great deal of money to acquire g
reputation as a town offering sup.
erior facilities for the accommoda.
ton of National Conventions and i
deserves the distinction. Besides
it was shown in 1884 that the
friends of Blaine could turn out az
vociferous a gallery crowd in Chica
go as can be desired.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15
II OUTLOOK.
VIII 1t be Drys Some Political
Pointers From a Gentleman
Away From Heme,

correspondence Ell the teasyf.
WATSON, ARK, Dec, I'll nos
tiee that the political pot is begin
ming TO simmer, especially in the
Seventh district,
No matter what may be the in
formation of the LEDGER or Iatet~
~ligeacsf, the Chesterfield of Au-
drain will be in the field again,
Montgomery county viii also
come to the front, not with her
saplings, but with her heavy tim
Der, in the person of the Hon, Tom
Powell. of New Florence. who pos,
sesses, to u s~uperlative degree, the
qualifications Rufe Anderson
claimed for his father, and the man
who gets to Congress over Tom
Powell, of New Florence, may con-
graduate himself.
Judge Norton viii not be a candi-
date for reelection. This gives a
place for the Lord Hardwieke of
the Missouri bar, NJ. Y. Duncan,
who is ripe for judicial honors; and
it goes without saying that he
make a No. l Supreme Judge.
The candidates for county officers
have not been named. | trust the
race for coroner will be left to
White, of the LEDGER, and Cook,
of the Iatelligeacer, and upon a
square race between these gentle
men, the people may determine
which shall hold inquest upon the
bodies of the political dead, killed
by their pens.
Mr.. Editor, no matter whether
you may win or lose in the race for
coroner, continue the pencil. Make
the LEDGER's influence wider and
| stronger. Without a boom we car
have no boom. If going wet wont
make boom try going dry awhile:
and let the world know that Mexico
has legitimate business and PLUCK
enough to live and grow withou'
revenue from dram-shop license.
When the life of a city become;
dependant upon the existence of {
tempter to the young men ane
boys, and vending destruction tt
homes and happiness, and taking
bread and clothes from the help
less, there should be a change.
Going to church and gruntin.
when the preacher groans, ant
amening at his periods, Or express
ing concern for the men and youths
on the lightning express of intern
perance to destruction, or express
ing sympathy for the drunkard'
family, or growing at the dram
shop keeper whose business i
made lawful by license, will all g
for naught, SO long as you sell t
the dram shop keeper all that in
temperance destroys, and receiv'
in return all the evils that intern
perance produces, and a little rev
enue from the license to boom th
town.
Wives, mothers, daughters AM
sisters have rights, natural God
given rights, and among these ar
wives to have sober husbands
mothers sober sons, sisters sobe
brothers, daughters sober fathers
and when it can be truly said tina
in Mexico these rights are secures
we will have a boom, not founde'
upon liquor-moistened sand, bu
upon the rock of sobriety. Bob
what do you say to going dr.,
awhile? X. J. P.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15
Trustees Sale.

Whereas, John Eubanks and u
line Eubanks, his wife, on the okk
of August, 1886, made and
their deed of trust, which is recofl
page 26I, book ts2,n for deeds * 4
and mortgages, N the Recorder
in Audrain county, Mo-, thereby
veying to the undersigned trustS
their interest in and to the foll0
described lands in said county to-0iR
Lots Ave, 90 and seven, al IA
north one-half Of lot six, 'f8i
twenty-five, (22) in Ladd's extcndo
dition to the City of Mexico, No
Said deed of trust was given
undersigned to secure the paymers !
note therein described, and. w.
said note is due and unpaid; nows2;
request of the legal holder Of saad
/, the undersigned trustee In SAID
of trust named, win, on
Saturday, Dec. IL, 1881.
sell said lands for cash to the hiSk
bidder, between the hours Of 8 !. sss
4p. IN. at the east front door 81
Court House In Mexico, Mo-, To MI
the conditions of said trust and T.
27-tds III. WINSC0TT
TrnSS
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15
Administrators Notice.

I have this day taken charge of the
estate of Amanda Dyer, deceased, fo1
the purpose of administering the same,
Ali persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit them
for allowance to the administrator with.
in one year after the date or they may
be Erecluded from any benefit of such
estate, and if such claims be not exhib-
tied within two years from this date
they will be forever barred.
This ed day of Nov, 1887.
SO 1t. WARREN B. MCINTYRE,
Pub. AID. Audrain Co.. No
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15

M. Y. DUNCAN agreed to abide
by the result of the church trial.
The report has been served on him
and she accepts it, making such
concessions as he thinks his duty
The report completely exonorates
Ed. Higbee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15

CIGARETTE smoking is causing
the death of a good many boys and
young men. There are a few boys
in Mexico who, ifthey do not stop,
will either die or go to the insane
asyluu
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15

ELLA Wheeler Wilcox sings:
"Theseasons are made by the heart,
I hold, and not by outdoor heat OF
cold" And yet we advise Ella not
to venture out without her wraps
and rubbers during the approach
ing snow-storms. A warm heart is
a good thing theoretically, but a
sealskin sack is not to be sneezed al
in winter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15

In order to maintain four million
young men under arms, who are
robbed from the productive in
dustries to be kept in enforced and
irksome idleness, Europe pays an
nually s2,500,0O0, which is wrung
in greatest measure from the work
ingman. It is no wonder that an
archy is bred there.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15
Administrators Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that letters d
administration, de bonus non with the
will annexed were, OF the sth day OF Dec,
1887, granted to the undersigned by the
Probate Court OF Audrain county, Mo.
on the estate OF J.. J.. West, deceased
and that the letters testamentary of ]
NJ. Gordon from execution Of said estate
closed on the sth day OF Dec. 1887.
s.. p. EMM0NS,
Admin. de bonus non estate
j. West.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15

EVERY citizen in Mexico is inter
ested in Hardin College and its
needs. The movement to raise a
fund to erect a chapel should be
encouraged by all. A chapel must
be built. The entertainments being
given by the committee are worth
the money asked, and you are
helping a good cause.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-15
THE Ohio Democrats in Congress

THE Ohio Democrats in Congress
oppose the Presidents views on
the wool tariff, while the Texas
Democrats who represent wool
growing districts, say that no mat
ter what the effect may be on wool,
they will stand by the party and
revenue reform. Where a man
comes from does make a difference.